The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-08-26

their whole life bombarding other denomi.
nations, and who lived 70 ~ their children
Preach the Gospel IN those very denomi
nations. But Il 10 often the case thas big.
otry starts In . household, and that the
subject never RECEIVERS. There are tens Of
thousands Of bigots ten years old.
l think sectarianism and bigotry also
rise from too great prominence Of any ONE
denomination in . community. All the
other denominations are wrong, and his
denomination il right because his denomi-
nation il the most wealthy, or the most
popular, or the most influential, and il il
"our" church, and tour" religious organ
ization, aud "our'' choir, and "our" min
lister, and the man losses his head and
wants other denominations to know their
places. II il great deal better in any
community when the great denominations
Of Christians are about equal in power,
marching side by side for the worlds con-
quest. Mere outside prosperity, mere
worldly power, 10 no evidence that the
church is acceptable to God. Better .
barn with Christ in the manager than .
cathedral with magnificent harmonies
rolling through the long-drawn aisle, and
an angel from Heaven in the pulpit, IL
there be no Christ in the chancel and no
Christ in the robes. Bigotry is often the
child of ignorance.
You seldom find . man with large IN
tellect who is . bigot. 1t is the man who
thinks he knows great deal, but does not.
That man is almost always o bigot. The
whole tendency Of education and civiliza-
ton 10 to bring man out Of that kind Of
state Of mind and heart. There was in the
far East q great obelisk, and one side of
the obelisk was white, another side Of the
obelisk was green, another side of the
obelisk was blue, and travellers went and
looked at that obelisk, but they did not
walk around II. One man looked at one
side, another at another side, and they
came home, each one looking at only one
side; and they happened to meet, the
story says; and they got into q rank
quarrel about the color Of that obelisk.
One man said It was white, another man
said it was green. another man said IL was
blue, and when they were in the very heat
OF the controversy . more intelligent
traveller came, and said: ''Gentlemen,
have seen that obelisk and yo1 are all
right, and you arc all wrong. Why
didn't you walk all around the obelisk !"
Look out for tho man who sees only ono
side Of religious truth. Look out for the
man who never walks around about these
great theories Of God and eternity and the
dead. He will be . bigot inevitably-the
man who only sees one side. There IL NO
man more to be pitied than he who has in
his head just one idea-no more, no less.
Moro light, less sectarianism. There 10
nothing that will 20 soon kill bigotry as
sunshine.
So have I set before yen what con-
slider TO be the causes Of bigotry. have
set before you the origin Of this great evil.
What are some Of the baneful effects! First
Of all, II cripples investigation. You are
wrong and I am right, and that ends il.
No taste for exploration, no spirit of inves-
tigation. From the glorious realm of Gods
truth, over which IN archangel might fly
from eternity TO eternity and not reach
the limit, the man shuts himself out and
dies, blind mole under . corn-shock. II
stops all investigation.
While each denomination of the
Christians Is to present all the truths of
the Bible, It seems to mo that God has
given to each denomination an especial
mission to give particular emphasis to
some one doctrine; and 20 the Calvinistic
churches must present the sovereignty Of
Goo, and the Arminian churches must pre-
sent mans FREQ agency, and the Episcopal
must present the Importance Of
order and solemn ceremony, and the
Baptist churches must present the neces-
Dity Of ordinances, and the Congregation.
II Church must present the responsibility
If the individual member, and the
Methodist Church must show what holy
hearty congregational sing
ng can accomplish. While each denomi-
nation Of Christians must set forth all the
Of the Bible, feel it is especially
upon each denomination to put
particular emphasis ON some one doctrine.
Another great damage done by the sec.
arianism and bigotry Of the church is that
t disgusts people with the Christian re-
igion. Now, my friends, the Church of
iod was never intended for q war barrack.
People are afraid of q riot. You 90 down
he street, and you see an excitement,
md missiles flying through the air, and
lear the shock Of firearms. Do you, the
'eacefui and industrious citizen, go through
hat street? "Oh, mop you will say: an
20 around the block" Now, men come and
ook upon this narrow path to Heaven, and
Ometimes see the ecclesiastical brickbats
lying every whittier, and they say:
Well, guess I'll take the broad road; il
t is so rough, and there IL 30 much sharp
hooting on the narrow road, I guess I'll
~ the broad road"
Franc Is /. 20 hated the Lutherans that
10 said il he thought there was ono drop
4 Lutheran blood in his veins he would |
,uncture them and let that drop out.
lust ~ long ~ there 10 SO much hostility |
,etween denomination and denomination,
n between one professed Christian and an.
'ther, just 20 long men will be Disguised |
With the Christian religion, and say: "If
hat is religion want none of it."
Again, bigotry and sectarianism do |
reat damage in the fact that they hinder |
he triumph Of the Gospel. Oh, how much |
wasted ammuniHon, how many men of |
plendid intellect have given their whole |
hey had givcn their life to some thing |
PRACTICAL they might have been vastly use
III. Suppose this morning, while speak,
here were . common enemy coming up
he bay through the Narrows, and
II the forts around New York |
egan to fire into each other, you would cry
ut: 'sNational suicide! Why don't those
orts blaze away in one direction, and that |
gainst the common enemy?" And yet
ometimes see in the Church Of the Lord
esus Christ . strange thing going on;
hurch against church, minister against
Minister, denomination against denomina-
ion, firing away into their own fort, or
be fort which ought to be on the same
ide, instead Of concentrating their energy
nd giving one mighty and everlasting
Obey against the navies Of darkness
ding up through the bay.
Igo out sometimes in the summer, and l
nd two beehives, and these two beehives